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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2004
Applicants:
Hiromitsu Yamaguchi, Yokohama, JP;
Satoshi Wada, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Akahira, Yokohama, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41J 2/155 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Printed pages of a stably high image quality can be produced when performing printing using a recording apparatus having an elongate joint head. The recording apparatus determines whether an end of an image to be printed is included in a joint of overlapping chips. If the end of the image is included in the joint, the recording apparatus sets groups of nozzles to be used so as to use, of nozzles corresponding to the chip joint (overlapping nozzles), continuously all nozzles included in the group of nozzles of a chip, of which nozzles other than the overlapping nozzles are used.